The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-03
HAS he KILLED HER ?
A Sensational I11aoir Sorry That May
Bear ON Railways Murder Mystery.

A Sensational IIiaoir Sorry That May
Bear ON Railways Murder Mystery.
CHICAGO, April PC. L. Watson, whom
News dispatches from New York mention
in connection with the Railway murder
mystery, arrived in Chicago last evening.
He is little ran, with brown beard. an
English accent and a nervous, excitable
manner. He aid he had come out here to
find his wife and denied that he had any
thing tol do with the bloody mystery at
Railway.
Watson married lis wife handsomely on
March 10, after an acquaintance
of two months. he stated to q
reporter that the girls mother
was bitterly opposed to the mar iage
because he was poor and his wife held q
mortgt &c on her mothers farm at Sterling
His wife disappeared mystt riously few
days alter the marriage, and Watson claims
to have been securing the country in
search of her ever since He went to
Rskwsy to see if he could recognize her in
the murdered woman. He said to the re-
PORTER to-day: 'After sati3fying my mind
that the Railway victim was not my wife
she had blue eyes and my wlfe's was black
II came to Chicago"
STERLING, H., April @. Lillian Snavely-
Watssu III s not been seen in Sterling since
her disapl earance, and the town is in fe-
yer of excite ment over the case. The
news of Watson's presence in Chicago was
made known through the medium of the
following, received this morning by Mat
thew Kelly. the husband Of o cousin of the
missing girl.
.For cd axe telegraph me If Lizzie is in ster
ling"
Kelly has had no great frie ndship for
Watson since the clandestine marriage,
md turned the despatch over to the police
authorliies
Every body knew Lillian or LIZZIE as she
was g nerally called, and as she
was great favorite threats against Watson
are freely made. If the gentleman were
10 put foot within the town, it is not un-
likely that he would receive warm recep-
ton. Lizzie's widowed mother, who lives
on a well-equipped farm three miles south
of Sterling, is nearly wild with grief and
could give no very coherent story of the
circumstances surrounding the sensation
al affair. 1t was learned that the missing
girls wardrobe contained a dark green
cashmere dress and a black silk sacque
with iur collar, such as was worn by he
murdered girl whose body was found at
Railway. A picture of the girl, received in
town to-day, is almost an exact fac smile
of one taken of Lillion a few months
age. Lillian had $2,046 in the
banE, but has drawn it all out
since she became acquainted with Watson.
the last check being drawn through pri-
vate bank in Chicago for $500. 1t was
soop. siter this that she left town. The
jewelry SO conspiciously worn by Watson
was Illlians property and those who know
Watsons record here are of the opinic n
that ne only married Lillian for her money.
This theory is strengthened by letter
sent to:the clerk Of the hotel here in which
lie inclosed money to pay his boa I'd, with a
request that the baggage he left behind him
be forwarded. He volunteered the infor-
nation that he sent on the money now,
that he had it and before lie 6 blew it in
on pretty little blonde" This was be-
fore the Railway murder.